News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A 55-year-old Lubbock, Texas, man, Danny Ray Caudill, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 120 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in September 2016 to one count of attempted enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Harrisonburg, VIRGINIA - A Winchester, Virginia man, who filmed himself sexually exploiting two minor children, pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Harrisonburg to two federal child pornography production charges, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following joint statement following President Trump's executive action on Obamacare...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jennifer Y. Lucas, 21, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was convicted of cocaine distribution today, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 126,312 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two men from Mission, South Dakota, and a woman from Parmelee, South Dakota, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession with Intent to Manufacture and Distribute a Controlled Substance, Distribution of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Steven Choi, 41, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Organizations and groups wanting to camp at Craters of the Moon National Monument will be able to check availability and reserve the Group Campground on-line beginning at 8 a.m. MST on Jan. 31, 2017. That is the date when reservations begin on the recreation.gov website. Upon logging in to the website...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after President Trump took executive action to begin offering relief from the burdens of Obamacare to the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On Jan. 18, 2017, Broc Todd Waltermeyer, heather Jean Reekra 44-year-old resident of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 196 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jarvis Johnson, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Johnson will be sentenced to 70 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: BOISE, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has signed a Record of Decision to authorize routes for the final two segments of the Gateway West transmission line project, which connects the Hemingway substation in southwest Idaho with power generation facilities in central Wyoming. The project will...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Crater Lake National Park is developing a Trail Management Plan that will guide trail management, investment in trail infrastructure, and visitor use of the park trail system for the next 25 years. The plan is needed to improve and diversify recreation opportunities, improve connectivity between features of interest, reduce user-created trails, eliminate unsustainable and underutilized routes, and protect park resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Malden woman was indicted yesterday for collecting over $176,000 in government benefits by providing false information about her family.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ A Rio Grande Valley area doctor has been taken into custody for his scheme to solicit and obtain illegal kickbacks in exchange for Medicare patient referrals, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man, dubbed the “Spelling Bee Bandit," was indicted yesterday in connection with four bank robberies in the Greater Boston area.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after President Trump took executive action to begin offering relief from the burdens of Obamacare to the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates today announced that Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known by various aliases including “El Chapo," will face charges filed in Brooklyn, New York, following his extradition to the United States from Mexico, alleging that he was operating a continuing criminal enterprise and other drug-related crimes through his leadership of the Mexican organized crime syndicate known as the Sinaloa Cartel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Patricia Cook, age 59, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and attempted witness tampering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates today announced that Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known by various aliases including “El Chapo," will face charges filed in Brooklyn, New York, following his extradition to the United States from Mexico, alleging that he was operating a continuing criminal enterprise and other drug-related crimes through his leadership of the Mexican organized crime syndicate known as the Sinaloa Cartel.
